Relationship between Metabolic Syndrome and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Hallym Aging Study

Table 5

Changes of IPSS according to the MS with aging.

(a) Storage IPSS

	2004	2007	value
MS (−)	4.22 ± 4.02	5.51 ± 3.86	0.023
MS (+)	4.20 ± 3.85	5.49 ± 4.01	0.010
value^†	0.984

(b) Voiding IPSS

	2004	2007	value
MS (−)	6.93 ± 6.33	7.65 ± 6.00	0.412
MS (+)	6.19 ± 6.13	7.90 ± 5.62	0.022
value^†	0.250

(c) Total IPSS

	2004	2007	value
MS (−)	11.15 ± 9.34	13.16 ± 9.33	0.133
MS (+)	10.39 ± 8.54	13.4 ± 8.98	0.007
value^†	0.402

2004 versus 2007 IPSS in each group (paired -test).
^†2004 versus 2007 IPSS between MS (−) and MS (+) (2-way ANOVA test).